Things are probably not going to stay as nice as long for Craig's group before it all goes to shit. I mean, Belle is already there, and no one likes her. Anyway, let's see what goes wrong with them. Aside from everything.

Chapter 4 – An Ache I Still Remember

Somebody That I Used to Know

Craig, Clyde, Tweek, and Token walked beside each other as they headed towards the stage in the woods. For a moment, all felt right for Craig. Last year the four of them barely got to hang out together as a group (Token had been excluded from most of their activities.) But Craig was determined to spend time with his friends this time. Nothing was going to stop them.

They had almost reached the stage after taking a long detour because Craig forgot where it was, when someone called after them. Craig felt Clyde stiffen beside him as they turned around.

Belle was stomping towards them, and she did not look happy. She stopped in front of Clyde and glared at him. "Clyde, what do you think you're doing?" she demanded. Clyde cast his gaze to the ground.

"I was just, um, you know, going to the stage with my friends," he murmured.

"Right, except you said you were going to hang out with me," Belle told him, matter-of-factly. Clyde shuffled his feet.

"Well, I thought we were going to do that later," Clyde muttered. He sounded unsure of himself. "I kind of wanted to hang out with my friends right now."

"No, you don't," Belle said, giving him a stern look, "You want to be with me right now." Her brow raised an inch.

Clyde looked at his friends; all three of them had pleading eyes, begging him to refuse her. Eventually he sighed.

"Right," he muttered, "I want to be with you."

Belle grinned smugly and took Clyde's hand, leading him away from the others. Craig glared after her and waited until they were out of sight before letting his rage pour over.

"Who does that bitch think she is?!" he exploded, "God, I hate her! What makes her think she can push Clyde around like that?"

"Craig, please calm down," Tweek murmured. To anyone else, Tweek's words would have had no effect, especially since he was so quiet. But for Craig they had an immediate calming effect, and he let out a heavy sigh.

"I'm sorry," he muttered, "She just makes me so mad. Why does she have to manipulate Clyde like that? It's like he has no free will anymore." Tweek gently pressed against him.

"I know, love," he consoled, "I don't like it any more than you do."

"What are we going to do about it?" Token asked, "We can't just let him stay in that toxic relationship! It's not fair!"

"I'll try talking to him later," Craig decided, "When we get some alone time." He paused and sighed. "If we get some alone time."

"Amen to that," Token muttered.

They decided to continue on towards the stage, despite their loss of Clyde. Tweek pressed right up against Craig's side, hoping to calm him down a bit. He didn't want his boyfriend's entire weekend to be nothing but anger. He wanted Craig to at least try to enjoy himself.

When they got to the stage, one of the bands was just starting their first song. Craig, Token, and Tweek took some seats near the back of the audience so they wouldn't be disruptive. There was quite a crowd of people already, eagerly getting pumped for the band.

"Huh, these guys are pretty good," Token said to his friends, "Quite the opening act, am I right?" He chuckled and nudged Craig in the ribs.

Craig gave him a look and nudged him back. Token chuckled lightly and decided to look around the crowd a bit to see if there was anyone familiar. Then he saw her. The girl he had been trying to avoid for the past seven years.

Nichole Daniels. The girl Cartman had tricked him into getting together with, whom he had fallen in love with, who broke up with him because the girls stupidly thought that would do something about the internet troll for some reason, whom he had been pining after ever since. She was sitting about three rows in front of them, and Token could see that Red and Bebe were sitting beside her.

Token took a sharp breath and leaned over to Craig and Tweek. "Guys, I need to get out of here," he hissed just loud enough to be heard over the music. His two friends looked at him in surprise.

"Why?" Tweek asked.

"Because Nichole is here," Token replied and gestured to where the three girls were sitting. Tweek and Craig followed his finger to where he was pointing. Craig scoffed.

"Come on, Token, you're really going to puss out now?" he asked, "You've been whining about how you've been wanting to get back together with her for like, four years now! Maybe this is the perfect time to do that?"

Token paled at his words. "No, no! I can't do that!" he exclaimed.

"Why not?" Craig wondered.

"Ugh, I can't talk to her," Token muttered, "I've been avoiding her for seven years. She probably hates me now. She would never want to get back together."

"You don't know that," Tweek encouraged, "How will you know unless you talk to her?"

Token shook his head. "No, I need to go. See you guys back at the tent." With that, he quickly stood and started heading back before Nichole could turn around and see him. Craig sighed and turned to Tweek.

"Well, love, looks like it's just you, me, Nichole, Red, Bebe, and a bunch of people we don't know," he said, trying to sound smooth. Tweek couldn't help but chuckle.

"How romantic," he teased. He sighed with content as Craig wrapped his arms around him and pulled him to his chest. Though Tweek was worried about his friends, he hoped he would get to have more moments like this with Craig this weekend.

When the current song was over, the audience stood up and clapped. As everyone sat down again, Craig couldn't help but notice that Nichole still stood, looking around until she spotted him and Tweek. In his mind, Craig was begging her not to come over, and was annoyed when she said something to Red and Bebe, and then the three of them started walking back to them. Sighing, Craig tried to put on a friendly face, but came out looking totally neutral.

"Hey guys!" Nichole greeted the two warmly, "I didn't expect you two to be here! Especially by yourselves."

"We're not really by ourselves," Tweek commented, "Token and Clyde came with us."

"We just don't know where they are right now," Craig added.

"Oh, Token's here?" Nichole asked somewhat nervously.

"Clyde's here?" Bebe wondered in a snarky voice, and Craig hated her for it. When school had started at the end of last summer, Craig had been with Clyde when he decided he wanted to ask Bebe out. She had told him that she would give him her answer at lunch, and then publicly humiliated him by rejecting him in front of everyone. Craig had been the one to comfort him when he ran out of the cafeteria in tears.

Even though Craig didn't really know why Clyde decided to ask Bebe out. As far as Craig knew, Clyde was still in love with him. But Craig hadn't questioned it and simply held Clyde in his arms, gently combing his fingers through his hair, and whispering softly as Clyde quietly sobbed. Craig had never been a fan of Bebe, but that incident made him hate her even more, and he would glare every time he saw her.

"Yes, Clyde is here," Craig hissed at the blonde girl, "And he brought his girlfriend." The only time he would take comfort in the fact that Clyde had a girlfriend. He sneered internally when he saw a hint of the smug look on Bebe's face fall.

Craig's mind was suddenly taken off of his hatred for Bebe, when he suddenly felt someone touch his shoulder. He jumped slightly and turned to see that Red was smiling seductively at him.

"What's going on with you, Craig?" she asked in what was probably supposed to be a sexy voice, "You here with anyone… special?"

He knew what she was trying to do, and it made Craig angry. He looped an arm around Tweek and pressed him to his side. "Hello, let me introduce you to my boyfriend of seven years," he growled.

Quickly feeling the tension, Nichole cleared her throat. "Well, we should probably be going," she announced, "Come on girls. See you two around." She grabbed a hold of Red and Bebe's arms and started dragging them away as Red continued staring at Craig and Bebe blew him kisses.

As soon as they were out of sight, Craig let out a heavy sigh and sank back down to his seat. Tweek sat next to him and lightly pressed against him. They were quiet for a few moments, the only sounds being of the band getting ready for their next song, and idle chatter.

"Are you ok?" Tweek asked after a moment.

"I'm fine," Craig murmured. He would have been more convincing if he hadn't been shaking slightly. Tweek leaned against him more.

"Are you sure?" he pressed, "I know that you don't like it when- "

"Tweek, I'm fine," Craig insisted, cutting him off, "I promise. We all know what sluts Bebe and Red are. I swear it didn't bother me."

"If you're sure," Tweek said lowly.

Craig leaned over and softly kissed his temple. "I'm sure," he replied, "I was angrier at Bebe than anything else. I just remembered what she did to Clyde at the beginning of the year."

"Oh yeah, that was horrible," Tweek muttered, "What a bitch!"

Tweek swore so rarely that the sound of him calling Bebe a bitch made Craig burst into laughter. He didn't care that a bunch of people turned in their seats to glare at him.

…

Craig and Tweek got back to the campsite about half an hour later. The show had actually only gone on for ten minutes, but with Craig leading it took them twenty to get back.

They were a little surprised to see Clyde sitting by himself on their side of the camp. Clyde looked up when he heard them coming and his face lit up. "There you guys are!" he exclaimed, "I was wondering what was taking you guys so long. Token came back a long time ago."

"Yeah, well Token left early because he's a pussy who can't even talk to a former girlfriend," Craig said nonchalantly.

"And Craig took the lead on the way back, so you know," Tweek added, ignoring the side glare he got from his boyfriend. Clyde couldn't help but laugh.

"I do know," he chuckled. It was easy to recall the number of times Craig had gotten the two of them lost when traversing the forest last year.

"So, where are Token and Belle?" Craig wondered, looking around, and having a very small hope that maybe Belle had been eaten by a bear.

"Token went to the main stage, and Belle is taking a nap," Clyde replied, "So, you know, the three of us could hang out together for a while!" There was a look of desperate hope in his eyes, and he looked right at Craig when he said this.

Admittedly, Craig had wanted to spend some alone time with Tweek, maybe snoodle with him in the tent a little. But he immediately realized this could be one of the very few chances he would get to spend with Clyde without Belle breathing down their necks.

"I'm up for that," Craig said, "How about you, Tweek?"

"Yeah, I'd like that," he answered, "You know, we mostly spent our time in the woods last year. It would be nice to explore the rest of the festival for a change."

"I agree. Let's do that," Clyde said happily.

He quickly got to his feet and was instantly at Craig's side. Craig smiled gently at him before taking Tweek's hand and leading them out of the campsite towards the main stage.

Okay, so I lied. This chapter ended seemingly fine. But what was up with all that shit? Wouldn't you like to know? I'll try not to keep you waiting long for the next chapter, but I make no promises.